By Andy Gregory

Leeds United finished 2-1 winners on the night, but Chesterfield certainly gave us a run for our money, playing some good football. However we managed to come from behind with great goals from Michael Brown and Dom Poleon to secure a place in the next round of the Capital One Cup. Here's my rating's for the game.Paddy Kenny - Had a good game, was alert and pulled off some great saves, never really looked overly troubled. 7Zac Thompson - Didn't have a bad game, was good going forward and knocked a fair few crosses in... Didn't look as comfortable defending, though he did seem to grow into the game as it went on. 6Tom Lees - Had another solid game, dealt with everything that came his way. 7Jason Pearce - Had a good game, no nonsense and threw himself into everything, making a few important clearances. 7Adam Drury - Looked a bit off the pace at times, but worked hard and had a reasonable game. 6Paul Green - I'm a fan of Green, but was a little disappointed with the captain of the night. He worked hard as always, but misplaced a lot of passes and was chasing the game quite a lot. 6 Michael Brown - To be fare to him, Brown had a great game.. Put himself about and scored a fantastic goal to equalise. 8David Norris - Was disappointing, ran around a lot without really contributing, won't have done his first team chances much good. 5Aidy White - Had an awful game, was outplayed and out muscled by the opposition, misplaced most passes and the few chances he had on goal he threw away. 5Matt Smith - Didn't really get into the game and struggled to make much of an impact, looked clumsy on the ball. 5Dom Poleon - Had a great game, was full of pace, tricks and skill and scored the winning goal. Every time he had the ball he looked dangerous. 8Ross McCormack - Came on for White on the hour and as ever gave his all for Leeds, chased every ball and looked creative going forward. 7Luke Murphy - Came on in the 60th minute for Norris and settled into the game, showing glimpses of quality again. Worked hard, got stuck in and was unlucky not to add to his debut goal with a great attempt. 7It wasn't the best football we have played and we allowed them too much time on the ball at times, but a win is a win and there are some positives to take from some performances. Two wins from two games s so far this season, couldn't ask anymore than that. Hopefully McDermott can now bring in a few extra players now he has received the green light from Salah Nooruddin. BMac's post match interview brought more good news when he rubbished reports of McCormack leaving.Next up is Leicester away on Sunday, never an easy game. If we play like we did against Brighton though, I can't see why we won't come back with 3 points. Bring it on.MOT!

not been negative being truthful we beat brighton but do you really think we played our best football take of those rose tinted glasses a true supporter will say wether it was a good game or not

John Wilson

7/8/2013 06:09:42 pm

Brighton 1-2 Newport

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Keith

7/8/2013 06:09:48 pm

Great report and some good points made about individual performances
Aidy White's performance really disappointed me, he seems to be so low on confidence. Colin's legacy me thinks ! Matt Smith needs time but Dom Poloen is really 'banging on the door'

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Irving08

7/8/2013 08:29:38 pm

Sad to learn that Aidy White hada poor game (though the Guardian stated that he and Green dazzled). I think Aidy has been treated badly at Leeds. He's the best left back on our books, yet he is never played in this, his best position. (Anyone who doubts his quality never saw his performances against Arsenal and Spurs in the last two seasons). For the sake of his career, I think he needs to leave,

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Jim hargreaves

7/8/2013 06:29:00 pm

Can't see smith cutting the mustard he can get his head on the ball he just hasn't got a clue where its going.
Addy white well i don't think anyone knows what position he is suited for he is so low on confidence its unreal.
Norris if they can find him a club I'll drive him there myself.

Apart from that lot we were ok last nite.

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Rob

7/8/2013 06:41:14 pm

Give it time. I attended Lorimers Bar the other night to listen to the new gaffer and he makes a lot of sense. No trumpets or flags just down to business. I got the feeling that things are coming together and over the next couple of games the squad will go from strength to strength and for the first time in a long time we will march on together!

White was really poor last night. I think if we can sell him to free up his wages, we should do. Green was caught in possession last night so many times that it was embarrassing. Matt Smith is too slow and apart from a bit of nuisance factor, I can't see him doing much at this level - he is out of his depth. The positives were Pearce at the back; Michael Brown in the middle: and the subs McCormack and Murphy provided the team with a better look to it - more attacking and better passing than in the first half.

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Irving08

7/8/2013 11:39:14 pm

White's departure would be our loss. Anyway, BM appears to like him, so the only way he will go is if he runs down his contract, acts for a transfer, or we receive a 500K plus offer, which BM might feel he hs to accept. Other clubs like him, for whom he'd play in his best position, which is left back; but he's not good enough for picky Leeds fans, it seems - who show an odd predilection for ageing and one-paced Premeirship cast offs..

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Mr orange

7/8/2013 09:51:06 pm

I agree with you clive , brown was man of the match , it also had a very different feel to it when Ross mac and Murphy came on , poleon was also good but he just needs to check his runs cos I lost count how many times he was caught off side MOT

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Jimmothy

7/8/2013 10:48:44 pm

I reckon Dom Poleon is gunna be BIG in the future, seems like a class act

Totally agree that Poleon is a potential Premiship player. Surprised Norwich have not made a bid! On a separate note, Leeds could have easily lost against Brighton and were lucky to beat Chesterfield. There's sometimes a slim divide between success and failure. Leeds need to improve fast if we're going to be up there at the end of the season. On the subject of Aidy White, he is an excellent player who seems to lack confidence at the moment. Hopefully Brian will get him back to where he was and better. He has great potential. He just needs so good coaching to fulfill his potential.

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Adam

7/8/2013 11:41:10 pm

I wasn't happy with Zac Thompson, I think a 6 is kind. A loan at Bury didn't do the job for Thompson that it did for Lees. The first joke was poor marking on his part. He is too short and never looked comfortable on the ball. Another loan to Bury in League 2 this time could be beneficial. I was hoping to see Dawson and Mowatt play although they were playing in the development squad.

As for the other players, Norris didn't get into the game like you said.

White looked sluggish. One thing I always thought he had was pace. But didn't showcase that last night. He tried to chase loose balls down but never got there.

Green slowed down the tempo of plenty of counter-attacks which was frustrating. He has a good pass on him and should have slipped in through balls to Poleon who had a great game and was constantly on the move trying to find space. Needs to be aware of the offside trap though! Got caught out a few times.

Matt Smith was good in the opening 20, he had a good chance to open the scoring but fluffed it. He was guilty of that in the 2nd half too.

I liked McCormack and Murphy when they came on. They both got stuck in and showed a lot of creativity. I was worried one of them would get injured before Sunday's trip to Leicester as things turned sour in this game in glimpses.

All in all it was an good performance for some and others need to become more comfortable on the ball, work on fitness and just gel with other squad members.

Bring on Leicester!

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